Leaky Gas Tanks

May 14, 1986

A BILL THAT would impose a 10-cents-a-barrel tax on oil to create a state ''superfund'' to clean up hundreds of leaky underground fuel tanks unanimously passed the House Tuesday. Supporters of the measure (CS/SB 206), which went back to the Senate with amendments, say the fund is needed because the leaky tanks are threatening the groundwater supply, which provides most of the state's drinking water. There are an estimated 6,000 leaky tanks in the state.